Paleontologist Paleontologists announce the discovery of Zhuchengtyrannus, a large dinosaur from Zucheng, Shandong Province in China.
Ohio Governor The Governor of Ohio John Kasich signs a bill removing collective bargaining rights from Ohio government employees.
People's Republic of China China launches its largest crackdown on dissenters in years, according to activists, amid unrest in the Middle East.
Labour Party Former British Labour MP Jim Devine is jailed for 16 months for fraudulently claiming £8,385 in expenses.
The 5 Browns Keith Brown, the former manager and father of The 5 Browns classical music group is sentenced for ten years for sexual abuse of his daughters.
Lynched A lynch mob in the Guatemalan village of La Democracia kills three men for allegedly stealing a truck full of coffee.
Police Austrian police arrest a man suspected of robbing banks while wearing a Barack Obama mask in Fornach.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny confirms that disgraced former minister Michael Lowry is to be censured by Dáil Éireann today without any discussion of the matter, following two days of debate on the tribunal's findings.
Philippine Philippine authorities are to seek long jail terms for six Chinese poachers as part of a crackdown on foreigners stealing marine wildlife.
Muammar Gaddafi The Gaddafi government in Libya asks former Nicaraguan foreign minister Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann to represent it in the United Nations.
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant Radiation exceeding evacuation levels is found 40 kilometres from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, outside the exclusion zone.
U.S. The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, says at a meeting in Nanjing, China that the "most important problem" in the world's monetary system is that some countries refuse to allow the free flow of the value of their currency.
Google Google agrees with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to have an independent privacy audit every couple of years as a result of problems with the Google Buzz social network.
James Franco "'James Franco"' appears on the "Late Show with David Letterman", speaking publicly for the first time about his hosting performance on the 83rd Academy Awards.
Violence committed in the aftermath Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara seize further towns and move into the biggest city Abidjan.
Disputed President Laurent Gbagbo's army chief Phillippe Mangou seeks refuge in the South African ambassador's home in Abidjan.
Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa defects from the government and seeks refuge in the United Kingdom.
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, authorises a review of emergency laws and an inquiry into the deaths of protesters.